NEW YORK — Taiho, widely considered the greatest sumo wrestler of postwar Japan despite the fact that he weighed scarcely more than 300 pounds, died on Saturday in Tokyo. He was 72. His death, of ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Former sumo grand champion Taiho, whose 32 championships are the most in the history of Japan's ancient sport, has died at age 72. Taiho, TOKYO (AP) -- Former sumo grand champion Taiho, ...

The Japanese government announced that it will give the People’s Honor Award to sumo champ Taiho, who died in January at the age of 72. He is only the second sumo wrestler to receive the People’s ...

Former sumo grand champion Taiho, who won 32 championships - a record in the history of Japan's ancient sport - has died at the age of 72. Taiho, who real name was Koki Naya, died of heart disease in ...

Taiho, whose real name was Koki Naya, died of heart failure in hospital in Tokyo on Saturday, the Japan Sumo Association said. He was 72. His death was front-page news in Japan, with the Nikkan Sports ...

Tokyo - Japan was mourning on Sunday after the death of former sumo grand champion Taiho, who won a record 32 tournaments and became a hugely popular figure in the 1960s when the sport was untainted ...

With the recent retirement of yokozuna great Hakuho and few compelling storylines entering 2022, a young wrestler with a fabled bloodline is breathing new life in the traditional sport. Oho, making ...

Japan is in mourning after the death of former sumo grand champion Taiho, who won a record 32 tournaments and became a hugely popular figure in the 1960s. Taiho, whose real name was Koki Naya, died of ...

Yep, he was half Ukranian, but he kept it a secret when he was wrestling, because he feared being discriminated against. That is not true, I'm afraid. I was here in the late 1960s and some media, such ...